THEY WHO HAD TAKEN US CAPTIVE REQUIRED OF US A SONG, PSA. 137
Artist
MINERVA TEICHERT
(1888-1976)
Date1939
CountryWyoming, USA
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions211.5 x 154 cm (83 1/4 x 60 5/8") (Image)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art.
Terms
Object number957920000
DescriptionA body of water in the foreground is the setting for a group of figures, both male and female. Seated around the water, from left to right, is a male figure in stripped robe and headdress with his back to the viewer, an older male figure with a burden on his back and his feet in the water, a bare-chested male figure with his wrists shackled, and a female figure robed in purple with her hands clasped together under her chin. Standing behind the older male figure are standing figures, among them a male figure clad as a soldier grasping the arm of a female figure clothed in white. Behind the figures wooded foliage fills in the background and on the left harps seems to hang from trees. At the top of the trees a V-shaped opening exposes the cupola of a tower. Across the foreground of the painting are the words "They who had taken us captive required of us a song. PSA 137".On View
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